Context of death:
It is important to not take away from the tragedy or the effects it has had on the families and the world, more explicitly the U.S. Nation. Death in and of it's own is hard to take. We are always running from it, unless of coarse one is awaiting to escape into a perceived heaven.
But
to put this into context there are children that die just as horribly
if not more all over the world all the time. It is estimated that 18,000
children starve a day. And this is just starving. If we start adding
disease, genocide, war...the numbers are staggering. Death is sad and is
warranted but at the same time it is a part of life. Though the numbers
of death need not be as high as they are still, there is hope! As we
continue to evolve as a race our percentage of death is decreasing
through out each generation. It may not seem like it due to our media's
effort to try and put as much of it on the screen as possible. But it
is! We are making progress. When we take these facts into consideration
and if we look at life as we should. That we are all created equal
regardless of race, religion...and "Nation" then there is no reason why
one should sit so idly buy and do nothing or feel nothing about it until
it happens close to home. Thank god for those who do try and make the
world a better place no mater where it's at, America, Africa, South
America and on.
Gun Laws?
I personally see no reason for guns meant to kill but I don't necessarily agree that taking them away will solve the problem...sure "It would" drastically decrease the amount of deaths and the majority of shootings. But it would not fix the problem. The problem is a multi-factiorial cultural problem that involves several areas, our education system, our judicial system, our entertainment system, our evolutionary biological system, our understanding of why people want to harm others and how to deal with these issues. These are at the root of the problems. Not the guns necessarily. If we changed the systems and became a more enlightened world the need to band guns would not need to happen...people would simply loose the reason or desire to own them given the world would be a much better place.
Put God back in school?
This is an argument I've seen and heard several times. But it is a fallacious one for many reasons. If a deity such as god exists than you can't kick it out of anything. But also The term God has become such a vauge word that it does nothing to say "put god back in school." Which god do allow back in school? The god that lead the crusades? The God of Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV / “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear. This god obviously has no idea of the genetic and social factors that go into dealing with people with addictions...their solutions was to kill them if they didn't listen. No Christian in their right mind today would do or allow this. Having God in school would not make anything better or worse It only amplifies what's already on the inside. It is not the forcing of God that is needed back in school. That is too open to interpenetration of what that means. Though I would see no problem for a moment of salience in which one could practice their own faith or simply just to meditate and clear the mind. One might argue that "Christian" schools have yet to have a school shooting. But this is a false cause fallacy. It has little if anything to do with it's denomination and almost all to do with christian schools are "private schools" and private schools beat regulars schools almost across the board on their education system. Not to mention the type of people who can afford to send their kids to schools have different social and genetic factors at play of those who can't afford regular schools.
Gun Laws?
I personally see no reason for guns meant to kill but I don't necessarily agree that taking them away will solve the problem...sure "It would" drastically decrease the amount of deaths and the majority of shootings. But it would not fix the problem. The problem is a multi-factiorial cultural problem that involves several areas, our education system, our judicial system, our entertainment system, our evolutionary biological system, our understanding of why people want to harm others and how to deal with these issues. These are at the root of the problems. Not the guns necessarily. If we changed the systems and became a more enlightened world the need to band guns would not need to happen...people would simply loose the reason or desire to own them given the world would be a much better place.
Put God back in school?
This is an argument I've seen and heard several times. But it is a fallacious one for many reasons. If a deity such as god exists than you can't kick it out of anything. But also The term God has become such a vauge word that it does nothing to say "put god back in school." Which god do allow back in school? The god that lead the crusades? The God of Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV / “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear. This god obviously has no idea of the genetic and social factors that go into dealing with people with addictions...their solutions was to kill them if they didn't listen. No Christian in their right mind today would do or allow this. Having God in school would not make anything better or worse It only amplifies what's already on the inside. It is not the forcing of God that is needed back in school. That is too open to interpenetration of what that means. Though I would see no problem for a moment of salience in which one could practice their own faith or simply just to meditate and clear the mind. One might argue that "Christian" schools have yet to have a school shooting. But this is a false cause fallacy. It has little if anything to do with it's denomination and almost all to do with christian schools are "private schools" and private schools beat regulars schools almost across the board on their education system. Not to mention the type of people who can afford to send their kids to schools have different social and genetic factors at play of those who can't afford regular schools.
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